A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' Eleanor Roosevelt

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.

Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect.

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.